Berlin, (IANS) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by German sitting Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended its dominant role in the Germany’s federal elections with 32.5 per cent of the vote, according to the preliminary exit poll. The figure fell short of expectations and was nine percentage points lower than in the 2013 parliamentary election, Xinhua reported. The Union’s main rival, Germany’s centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), led by former European Parliament president Martin Schulz, also suffered a big setback and took just 20 per cent of the vote, which was their worst election result since World War II,…
